I bought a Kessel 360 we light for my 27 gallon flateback hexagon tank and right now I'm just turning the light on and off and I have the remote to the light and I'm trying to figure out what lighting schedule to program for the light and how much intensity I need to run and the corals that I have right now are a couple of acans and 1 zoa and I also have a rainbow tip anemone in the tan. Can anyone help me decide what schedule would be a good one in the way of ramping the intensity up and down?
Kessel 360 we lighting schedule
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what are the dimensions of the tank? When I had the A160, I started out at like 20 at 8am then it slowly increased to 50% color and 40% intensity by noon and then down to off by 6pm
Ok, so with only being 17in deep and most of your corals not being high light demanding ones, I would say don't go above 50% intensity on the lights. Kessils can get incredibly bright and can easily bleach a coral, start of at around 20% C/I(color/intensity) and then have it slowly increase for a few hours. THe best thing you can do is play around with the C/I until you find a combo that you like and the corals like.
There really is no set amount to raise it by, it kind of depends on what the edn level is going to be, going up by 5-10% should be ok. As for the bubble tip I am not sure, I have never kept one before.
rayn
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Watch the Kessil. They will burn the corals easy and quick. I would ramp up slowly and give them around the 50% area. Ramp down again. Watch your corals for any browning or bleaching and adjust intensity accordingly. If you start to see something, adjust, don't wait to long. But nothing dramatic either
